episode_0011

“Wow, it smells like a woman. It’s crowded today too.”

When I arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild, I looked around the guild.

Groups of people of all kinds are sitting or standing at tables, talking loudly or looking at the request form on the wall.

Most of them were women, but occasionally there were male adventurers.

The adventurer’s guild in Quien was large enough to match the size of the city. The branch building was spacious and there were that many people. As far as I know, it was one of the few in the Traum Empire.

Some people’s eyes were fixed on me. I exchanged quick glances with adventurers I knew well.

I passed by the adventurers and headed to the place where the request was located. Even though it wasn’t just placed in one place considering the number of adventurers, there were a lot of people gathered there.

Those who came alone remained silent, while those with a colleague by their side discussed with their colleague what kind of request it would be best to take on.

“Hmm… .”

The number of requests posted on the wall was large. From simple to difficult. From short term to long term.

But surprisingly, choosing a good request wasn’t easy. The compensation was often too high, the period of time required to carry out the requests was too long, and some were too risky. Moreover, there were cases where the compatibility was not compatible with the adventurer himself.

In many cases, suitable requests in the meantime have already been closed.

The remuneration for a request is basically determined through consultation between the requester and the guild, but the guild had no choice but to bend to some extent.

‘If the lord is going to criticize me, I’m going to criticize him…’ .’

There are many requests from individual individuals, but many large-scale requests come from the lord. Even if you don’t always make the approval yourself, if it’s about the city, it’s the domain of the lord anyway. And I also have a lot of money.

Even if the opponent was just an official, it was difficult for the guild to go out strong unless they were offering a truly absurd level of compensation.

It’s not that the adventurer’s guild is weak, but the fact that it can’t afford to pay a civil servant trying to save the budget, especially a person working under the city’s ruler, was a disappointment for some adventurers.

Of course, this does not mean that individual clients are treated viciously. People’s reputation is important, but if a guild in a big city like Quien goes too far, the emperor may personally order them to break their heads.

‘Still, there’s no need to risk your life for a request that costs a small amount of money.’

The guild could not be rude to the other party, but the city side also felt that it was burdensome for the relationship with the guild to deteriorate, so it tended to offer an acceptable level of compensation.

“Let’s see… .”

I looked at each request carefully. As expected, there were many simple and inexpensive requests.

There were some that were quite heavy, but in my opinion, they were not very profitable. It wasn’t a request suitable for me, who was looking for a part-time job.

Pass on requests that are more expensive than that. Requests that are short but very risky or relatively low risk but require a long view fall into this category, and it wasn’t easy for me alone.

However, I don’t particularly want to form a party and carry out the request. I’ve always preferred safe requests, and even more so now that I’ve started falling in love.

“I guess everything will fail like this.”

If you don’t have anything to do, you have no choice but to wait in the guild indefinitely or cry and eat mustard. To be honest, I can’t help but admit that I have the mindset to eat too much raw food, but it’s a shame that I regret it.

In fact, I had a silver level or higher level of force, so I had an advantage in selecting the request.

The silver level is a level that is evenly distributed, from adventurers with some experience to skilled people who can be considered veterans. There were significantly fewer gold graders, who were treated as high-level personnel, and only a very small number of platinum graders above that.

“Hey, this might be better.”

I chose a good one among the quests I could do on my own.

It was difficult to do most silver-level quests alone, and the reward was a bit disappointing for two or more people. There were some difficulties there as well.

“Still, the conditions aren’t that bad, but I guess no one has done it.”

After carefully reviewing the contents of the request form again, I went to the guild reception desk.

Sometimes, some new adventurers take off the request form from the wall without realizing it, but this is just a menu. Once the menu was decided, a separate request form had to be received from the reception desk.

Perhaps because I was a rare male adventurer, the other person remembered me.

“Hello, adventurer. Hey Ethan, it’s been a while.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while.”

Originally, it was a cliché that the adventurer’s guild employees were pretty sisters, but this is a cruel world where men and women are reversed. What greeted me was not a pretty sister, but a handsome man.

Fortunately, she’s not overly dressed up and just has a normal good-looking face, so I don’t really find it repulsive, but I’m just a little disappointed that she’s not a sexy girl.

‘No, I have Karen, what are you thinking about?’

Stop thinking impure thoughts!

“Have you decided on a request?”

“Yes. I’m going to subdue strange pigs.”

“Suppression of abnormal pigs, ah, this is it. Do you want to do it alone?”

“I am confident about this.”

“Well, if it’s Ethan, it’ll be okay.”

The employee handed me a request form.

“But don’t overdo it.”

“Of course.”

“If you have to retire due to injury, I will pass this position on to you.”

What is this guy talking about? I celebrated gender equality.

“Please don’t say negative things. And what about a man like me.”

The employee smiled slightly. It was a handsome smile, befitting a man called the flower of the guild. I took a bit of a mental hit.

“Surprisingly, Ethan is very popular.”

I had thought about it before, but seeing as Chloe, a woman, was unharmed after being hit by a blow that left her clutching her forehead, this man is no ordinary person either.

“Oh, I have no idea. I’ll just go now.”

I left in a hurry. Some adventurers who saw me flying honey chestnuts were looking at me with murderous eyes.

‘What are you looking at?’

As they spoke and raised their fists, everyone’s heads lowered to the ground. It’s not the first time I’ve lost a honey chestnut, or that those bitches have looked at me like that, or that I’ve done something like this.

I’m just doing this because I’m bored. I didn’t have a smartphone and generally the only thing I could do in the guild was chat with my colleagues or the people next to me, so it was quite boring.

There was a bitch who got into a serious fight before, but I called her outside at night, scolded her with her fists, and subdued her with force. Then, she scolded me even with my vagina in the open air (I was afraid I would lose if I put my dick in her, so she only scolded me with my hands and mouth), so she became docile from the next time.

After receiving the request, I was about to leave the guild when I heard a familiar voice next to me.

“Hey Ethan.”

When I turned to the direction where I heard the voice, I saw a woman with dark red hair and a sharp expression.

“Sister Catherine.”

“Are you accepting requests?”

“Yes. Since I’ve had enough rest, I have to get back to work.”

Catherine nodded at my words.

“That’s right. People have to work.”

She wasn’t a very diligent person when she said that.

Catherine hesitated for a moment and then continued.

“… Are you not planning on doing that anymore?”

“What?”

She hesitated.

“That… You know that? That thing you said you do as a side job.”

I asked what he was going to say. It was about Changgwan.

“Because I’m dating someone. I’m going to stop doing things like that.”

“What?”

“You’ve seen my sister before, right? I decided to officially date that person.”

I don’t know what was so problematic about what I said, but Katrin looked as if her soul had been stolen by the warlock.

“… What does that expression mean?”

“It doesn’t make sense.”

Her face was pale and she barely managed to get those words out.

‘Should I hit him?’

I decided to give it one last chance.

“What doesn’t make sense.”

Was it the intuition of a skilled veteran adventurer or the instinct of a married woman that sensed danger? Catherine returned her expression and spoke.

“Haha, of course I meant that it doesn’t make sense that a good guy like you hasn’t had a partner yet.”

I laughed too.

“Is that also true? Hahaha.”

We laughed amiably for a while.

At this time, a sharp surprise attack.

“But why did you ask about Changgwan earlier?”

“Huh?”

Looks slightly embarrassed.

I narrowed my eyes.

“It’s not what I think, is it? He said he wasn’t coming because he was married.”

Katrin said, urgently waving her hand.

“Hey, yummy. Do I seem like such a contradictory woman? I just asked because I was curious.”

Honestly, I don’t hate her. She is tall and slender, taller than me, and has a cold, beautiful face. As expected of a female adventurer, her body is well-muscled and has feminine curves. He also has a good personality.

I liked the fact that she was married, but if she really wanted me, it would have been difficult to refuse her.

But now I have someone I truly love and am dating. So even if Catherine wanted me, I couldn’t do it.

So it was better to block the possibility at the source.

“Katrine also has a husband, and I also have a girlfriend. I think it’s better if we don’t do that for each other.”

“Hey, hey, even if it’s not like that.”

Even if he didn’t say it in words, it was the face of a person whose true intentions were already revealed. If you had told me about it a few days earlier, you would have been able to embrace me.

But the bus had already passed.

Catherine cleared her throat with an embarrassed look on her face.

“By the way, what request are you making?”

“Suppression of abnormal pigs.”

“Oh, you know that. I was holding off on it because it was a bit ambiguous. Do it alone?”

“I have to do it alone. There is no need to split the reward between the two of you when you are confident on your own.”

She said as if she felt regretful.

“If I could do it alone, I would do it alone.”

I raised my chin and made an arrogant expression.

“Wow, you are weak.”

“Ugh… .”

Unable to refute, he tapped Catherine’s trembling shoulder.

“Being weak is not a sin.”

“… I will definitely take revenge.”

“If you can.”

A second tremor came to Catherine. It was always new to see a sharp beauty look like that.

“I’ll just go.”

“… Phew, yes. Don’t get hurt.”

“Sister too.”

“Okay.”

After breaking up with Catherine, I left the guild.

“Hmm, fresh air.”

The guild was all good, but the ventilation was a bit lacking, so the air was stale. I’m not saying I don’t like it. The only problem was that I unintentionally got aroused because the smell was similar to the smell that came from the knights who assaulted me during the time of the Territory Knights.

As soon as I smelled the fresh air, my erection subsided.

“Suppression of abnormal pigs… . This thing is not going away any time soon.”

Strange pig. One of the wonders of Quien.

It was a monster of unknown origin that began appearing about three years ago. The monster, which was larger than an ordinary pig and had an ugly appearance, occasionally appeared in the city’s sewers.

It was clear that they were the result of some artificial and magical force, but the exact cause of their creation was not yet known.

Initially, it was suspected that it was a failed experiment of the Magic Tower, but as time has passed, it is now assumed that it was the work of the slums.

Since raiding the slums was something that even the lord was reluctant to do, and strange pigs did not appear often and were not that strong, it was resolved by request.

“If it becomes more dangerous, the lord will not remain silent.”

In summary, although it has the disadvantage of having to enter a dirty sewer, it is a quest that I can easily complete on my own.

“Let’s go make money!”

These days, I’ve been working hard or just resting, but I felt a little excited about doing a proper request for the first time in a while.

“The long-awaited request is to go to the sewers… .”

After finishing my preparations, I headed to the sewers of Quien.